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Although this C-133 will be missed by the people of Alaska (it was the only plane capable of delivering certain oversized cargo to remote areas) it could have ended at a far less fine place than the Travis Museum.

Here are some photos made at Anchorage airport a few weeks before its ferry-flight.

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What a beautiful aircraft this is! Wow, absolutely stunning.
I think you are right to say that this plane could just as well have ended at a much more worse place than a museum is. How many of those old ladies have ended their careers strewn across the rocky Alaskan ground.

On the other hand, I could imagine the pilot having a small tear in his eye to land such a beauty for the very, very last time.
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Although this C-133 will be missed by
You mean it was still in use?? Wow
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Post by Hurricane »

Thermal wrote:
Although this C-133 will be missed by
You mean it was still in use?? Wow
Look at the second post for a short movie
http://www.scramble.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?t=44621

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C 133, last flight: final logbook entry

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If you want to see something poignant, look at the last entry in the N199AB logbook. Click on the photo to enlarge:

http://boeing377.googlepages.com/c133
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"To the boys at Travis

Keep this old girl in good shape, she´s been a great aircraft"

Brings a tear in your eye.

Atleast good that she will be preserved.
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Cracked windshield on C 133, flown PRESSURIZED at 21,000 ft

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click on the photo showing the top of the panel and windshield. Would you have flown this plane at 21,000 ft pressurized with a window in this condition??? Flight tracker showed 240 kts at 21,000 ft from McChord to Travis. [/url]http://boeing377.googlepages.com/c133[url]

Anyhow... glad they arrived safe and sound.
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Re: Cracked windshield on C 133, flown PRESSURIZED at 21,000

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boeing377 wrote:click on the photo showing the top of the panel and windshield. Would you have flown this plane at 21,000 ft pressurized with a window in this condition??? Flight tracker showed 240 kts at 21,000 ft from McChord to Travis. http://boeing377.googlepages.com/c133

Anyhow... glad they arrived safe and sound.
I'm not sure if the C-133 is an exception, but pretty much all pressurized aircraft have double glass, so that even if the outer pane goes, you still have the protection of the inner pane.
We've even had a ferry that cracked an outer pane on the first leg, and the crew continued until the final destination (7 stops and 30+ flying hours later) with it in that condition, cruising at 35,000ft.
It's only if you completely lose the outer pane that its necessary to decend.

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